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Charitable Giving

Charitable Giving

Cooperative Principle #7 is Concern for the Community. While focusing on Owner needs, cooperatives work for the sustainable development of their communities through policies accepted by their Owners. You can do something for the community even as you keep succeeding. Your Co-op participates in community efforts in a variety of ways.

Community CHIP®

The Community CHIP® program is partnership between our Co-op and Community Shares of Wisconsin (CSW), a membership nonprofit addressing social, economic, and environmental problems through grassroots activities, advocacy, research, and public education. Simply say “yes” when asked if you’d like to CHIP at the checkout lane, and the cashier will add a 1% donation to your purchase. That’s only 30 cents for a $30 bag of groceries. The Co-op collects the money and sends 100% of the contributions to CSW to support their member nonprofits. Because the Community CHIP program is a part of CSW, all CHIP contributions are tax deductible. Visit their website for more information about Community Shares of Wisconsin.

Donation Request

Each year, Willy Street Co-op allocates funds to contribute, donate to, or sponsor events and activities throughout the greater Madison and Middleton area communities. We ask that any organization wishing to make a request do so at least three weeks before your event.

Organizations are strongly encouraged to read our Donations Policy prior to applying. The Co-op gives directly to organizations only and refrains from fundraising for or contributing to third-party charitable efforts/teams and/or individuals. If you have questions about the donation request form or what information we’d like, please contact Media and Advocacy Coordinator gianofer fields by email or 608-512-6184.

Organization info

Address

Company

Address 1 *

Address 2

City *

State *

ZIP code *

Primary contact *

Primary email *

Primary phone *

Secondary contact

Secondary contact

Secondary email

Secondary phone

Type *

All organizations requesting funding may be asked for additional information in order to receive funding, such as a Federal determination of nonprofit status, a copy of the Wisconsin Certificate of Exempt Status, and/or to complete a IRS Form W9.

Wisconsin CES number *

Number only, do not include hyphens.

Event info

Event/Activity name *

Day of event *

E.g., Dec 9 2016

Day donation is needed *

E.g., Dec 9 2016

Expected attendance *

Expense budget *$

Event description *

Request details

Kind of request *

Food

Cash

Resources

Requested food *

If you're requesting prepared foods, please check our Catering menu. Although it's not necessary, making specific suggestions will help us respond to you more quickly.

Requested amount

From *$

to *$

Requested resources *

Are you available to pick up your request? *

Pick-up location *

Will this donation be used in a silent auction? *

How will Willy Street Co-op be recognized if we are able to fulfill this request? *

Supplementary material

If you have a cover letter, sponsorship levels or other information that you can provide. Please upload that file here.Files must be less than 1.5 MB.Allowed file types: pdf doc docx.

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Community Reinvestment fund

The Community Reinvestment Fund (CRF) application period for the 2016 grant cycle has ended. Applications for the 2017 CRF grants will be posted on January 1, 2017.

Since 1992, the Willy Street Co-op has contributed $367,000 to local nonprofits and cooperatives to support developmental and educational projects for our community. The fund is seeded when Owners who have become inactive and have not claimed their equity after three years either abandon or donate their Fair Share equity to our Co-op. Community Reinvestment Funds are allocated annually by the Board of Directors in accordance with our bylaws that stipulate unclaimed or donated equity that has been abandoned be dedicated to educational and charitable purposes. Grants from the Community Reinvestment Fund may be awarded to projects supporting food justice and/or access, cooperative development, sustainable agriculture, health and well-being, and/or social change. Visit our Grant Guidelines page for more information about the applications and to view the application (when available).